Each year the National Association ...

Each year the National Association for community Admission Counseling (NACAC) polls more than 1500 communitys on their admission criteria. Below are the issues Note that 78 percent of responding institutions said that a student's ability to pay was of "little or no importance."

Factors influencing admission decisions (in order of importance):

1 Grades in guild prep courses

2 Admission ordeal scores

3. Grades in all subjects

4 Other criteria specific to each institution

5 Class rank

6 Essay/writing sample

7 Counselor recommendation

8 Teacher recommendation

9 Interview

10 Community service

11 Work/extracurricular activities

12 Ability to pay

13 Personal recognition programs

Source: NACAC 11th Annual Admission tends Survey

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